ICP Outcomes
Taxonomy
The Interculture Project Taxonomy is a hierarchically organised set of features grounded in students' accounts of their intercultural experience and brought together by the project consortium. It has been used as a framework for coding and accessing data collected by The Interculture Project, using the software programme QSR NUD*IST, a flexible search instrument which allows multiple examples of intercultural issues to be investigated. The NUD*IST-accessible data base which is held at Lancaster University is the basis for the more simplified and user-friendly structures used by SARA and STEFE.
The taxonomy can also be used a
pedagogical tool itself, as suggested in the sub-project report on Integration
of the Period of Residence Abroad and De-Briefing, which is
downloadable as
an RTF file, approx. 436K
See extract below, or you can download the complete
taxonomy as an RTF file (approx 30K).
Extract:
| 5. interpersonal | 5.1 contacts | 5.1.1. target | 5.1.1.1. establishing |
| 5.1.1.2. gauging | |||
| 5.1.1.3. maintaining | |||
| 5.1.2. UK | 5.1.2.1. in UK | ||
| 5.1.2.2. in target culture | |||
| 5.1.3. international | |||
| 5.2 factors | 5.2.1. attitudes & behaviour | 5.2.1.1. friendliness | |
| 5.2.1.2. politeness | |||
| 5.2.1.3. helpfulness | |||
| 5.2.1.4. arrogance | |||
| 5.2.1.5. reserve | |||
| 5.2.1.6. tolerance | |||
| 5.2.1.7. interest | |||
| 5.2.1.8. patience | |||
| 5.2.1.9. respect | |||
| 5.2.1.10 honesty | |||
| 5.2.2. status | 5.2.2.1. age | ||
| 5.2.2.2. class | |||
| 5.2.2.3. sex | |||
| 5.2.2.4. professional level | |||
| 5.2.3. context |